Johan Vansummeren (born 4 February 1981) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the , , and teams.
Biography Vansummeren was born, raised, and resides in Lommel, Flanders, Belgium. After two seasons in the amateur ranks, Vansummeren turned professional with in 2004.
Although Vansummeren's role was primarily that of a domestique, he competed as a team leader during the classic season. In 2011, Vansummeren won the biggest race of his career, Paris–Roubaix. Vansummeren won the race after escaping from three other riders with remaining, winning by nineteen seconds at the velodrome in Roubaix. He was victorious, despite riding the final with a flat tire. Vansummeren also won the 2007 Tour de Pologne and rode the Tour de France nine times.
Vansummeren signed with AG2R La Mondiale for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In June 2016, he announced his retirement from the sport after being diagnosed with a heart problem that had been detected in February at the Tour of Oman and resulted in him missing the classics season.
Major results
1999 1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales 2001 4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 4th Circuit de Wallonie 5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1st Stage 5 8th Grand Prix de Waregem 2002 1st Circuit de Wallonie 1st Zellik–Galmaarden 3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 2003 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 3rd Beverbeek Classic 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 10th Overall Tour de Normandie 10th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 2004 8th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Bert Roesems) 2005 4th Overall Tour Down Under 2006 1st Points classification, Tour of Britain 5th Road race, National Road Championships 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 2007 (2 pro wins) 1st Overall Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 7 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2008 8th Paris–Roubaix 2009 5th Paris–Roubaix 10th Clásica de San Sebastián 2011 (1) 1st Paris–Roubaix 1st Duo Normand (with Thomas Dekker) 2012 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar 9th Paris–Roubaix 10th Strade Bianche 2014 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Giro d'ItaliaDid not contest during career Tour de France — 136 109 62 86 90 29 — 147 — 74 DNF Vuelta a España 35 — — — — — — 70 79 88 118 121
Monuments results timeline Monument 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Milan–San Remo — 85 101 87 133 60 98 123 81 74 98 156 Tour of Flanders 120 DNF — 51 DNF DNF 54 — 49 20 DNF 105 Paris–Roubaix — — — 9285 DNF19 50 38 75 Liège–Bastogne–Liège — 29 61 56 — — — — — — — — Giro di LombardiaDid not contest during his career
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Cycling Base: Johan Vansummeren Cycling Quotient: Johan Vansummeren Garmin-Sharp: Johan Vansummeren